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[quote=Anonymous]PP Xennial. My parents were boomers so I think we were part of the vanguard of safe parenting movement (in response to things on America's Most Wanted and similar shows) as well as the participation trophy movement, although less so than later Millennials because much of it was in response to the complete absence of parenting that most Gen-Xers experienced (hence the latch key kid stereotype)  Gen-Xers for me were children of the Silent Generation (i.e., those that were too young to serve in WW2 and too old really participate in the 60s youth movements but were couples who divorced en masse in the 1970s).  Gen-Xers were the ones exposed to sex, drugs and the like at way too young of an age and were characterized at the "Demon Child" in films like The Omen and Rosemary's Baby.  I immediately think of the Smashing Pumpkins' video, 1979, when I think of Gen-X although with Reality Bites when they hit their 20s.

However, like Gen-X, we, Xennials, were expected to "pay our dues", by accruing experience before assuming the trappings of leadership and senior management and the like.  This is marked contrast with true Millennials who seem to discount actual work experience and assume, that they are able to immediately step in as peers to much more senior professionals.  It also appears to be an element of the startup culture of the late aughts/teens and less so of the late 90s/early 00s dotcom era. They also seem to seek constant feedback in a way that we never did.  I'd also note that Xennials generally seem to be able to step back from social media (and have some perspective on its drawbacks) in way that true Millennials can't or won't because we didn't spend our formative teenage years on social media without knowing the dark side of those experiences.

I think of Gen-Z as I-Gen or iphone generation as those that came of age when the iPhone became ubiquitous in our culture and in their life experiences (born 1995 or later).  [/quote]

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